I know with my Noah, sometimes he needs a break from school. Plus, his sleeping habits can be crazy, too. It is probably best that you kept him home.

As a mom who just had to pick her kid up from school because he wasn't "acting like himself" I'd say keep your son home. God I wish they could just tell us what is wrong :)

Unless he saw something happen at his school, like I just now did! Astudent was so called restrained TRANSLATION: The aide was laying on top of him! They just called me and confirmed Alex was taken out of the gym because he had a full meltdown from what he was seeing! Sorry I may be way off on this one, but I just can't stand the aides this year! I know a restraint is necessary sometimes, but how do they justify laying on top of a kid as a restraint? I really am sorry, I just jnow the schools hide this stuff from parents, I had to quite our district, it was too much to watch and too personal for me, so just please think about it, maybe ?????

Don't know what to tell you except Oli says that every day.
I only consider letting him stay home if he is really melting and bashing himself. Last Friday he was wide awake from 2 A.M. until 1 P.M. and he was so hyper he bashed his face twice, once in the pantry and another time on the bedroom door frame. On Monday he got dressed and was compliant, but Teus and Wed he did not let me dress him, but will dress himself when the teacher is very firm. I would ask the teacher if something upset him. My experience the teacher will have nothing to report because in our case they are CLUELESS, but you may find out something interesting.
Good Luck!

I hear ya yearsoftears! My teacher sent a note home yesterday saying that Noah was congested, and that his face was flushed, so I should keep him home today. Well, he is fine, and his face was a little chapped, that was it. Also, she told me that he was having dramatic mood swings. I had informed her in a note that he didn't have much sleep the night before. Duh, she is an autistic teacher, isn't she? Does she expect him to be perfect all the time? Anywho, I sent my fiancee to walk him into school today, because I knew that if she got upset about him being there, I would go off! and, sure enough, she talked to him for about twenty minutes about how "sick" he was! A mother knows her own child and, after having five, I know what a sick kid looks like! FYI- Noah gets sent home once a week for being "sick". And, once he's home, he is fine!

eh, my son is one of 8 ASD kids. The VP is great with me, and mys on was in a great mood yesterday.He got his favorite Aide all day. I just don't know what's up with him. Also when his Favorite IBI therapist came to the door, he for a split second thought it was the other one, but cooled when he realized his mistake. We'll see tomorrow I guess.

Noahsmommy, do they take his temperature? I know Oli gets hot when he is really assulted by some sensory thing. Maybe he is reacting in school to a sensory disturbance. How did he do today?

The getting hot when stressed, my son does that too. Red hot ears! and Flushed cheeks!

steven gets red hot ears too!
sometimes its just one ear.. how weird.
i say u did good keeping him home. Maybe he is feeling under the weather. It is the season.
stevens done that too, stay home and then he is fine!
I do recall making the thermomitor hot when i wanted to stay home from school lol..
But nah your boy just probably didnt feel 100%. School is hard and its harder when ya dont feel good. :)

Oh my God - noahsmommy my son has been sent home once a week for the past 3 weeks because he hasn't "been himself." I was told he has a temp of 99.1 (the district's go home temp is 100 but Jacob's preschool nurse has taken it upon herself to make the go home temp for preschoolers 99)Then of course they can't come back until they are fever-free for 24 hrs so there goes the next day of school. I almost started to cry today out of frustration. Mind you my child is in a room full of spectrum kids with an "autism specialist" as a teacher. I think I'll be speaking with the principal next week. Ug!!! Just glad to know I'm not alone!!!

Olismom, yes, they did take a temp and he did not have one. Well, today he seemed better, but they still want me to take him to the doc to get an ok that he can go to school. So, tomorrow will be a needless, stressful trip to his doctor. But, he is almost out of meds, so he would have gone soon anyway. The thing that kills me is that his school is so hypersensitive about sickness. By this I mean that he is not coughing, nose is not running, but they think he is terribly congested and possibly contagious. Give me a break. Like I said before, I know when he is sick. It just burns me that they start thei crap at this time of the year. Are they going to buy my kids presents when I miss work for something needless...no!

probably just an excuse to keep him out of school. Legally they can't prevet him from coming, but if he's ill..........

Well, just got back from the doc, and, not surprisingly, he is ok! The kicker is- when I took him to school, even with a doctor's note, they still thought he was sick!

you made the right choice in keeping him home, as i sent brian to school yesterday he did not want to get out of bed by the end of the day he had a 101 temp when i went to pick him up his teacher was waiting for me..all i can say is use your best Judgement moms know what's best for there kids ...

I had that with my 9 year old , with a twist. They evaluated his speech at the 3 year point and decided he was good enough to not be qualified, but that was before i knew better with the Oliver Saga. When I tried to get him re-evaluated because of regression they gave be a big run around because he had a stuffy nose and required I take him to an Ear Nose Throat Doc. I refused and got a wll check not from his Ped. They got huffy, and since that was right after I was rewarded compensation for the violations against Oli, I made a big stink about i will do what is right for my kids, and they backed down. The issue was they were judgeing that I would spend money for speech therapy but not for a doctors visit that would cost $200.
If no temp then they stay in school. Make it clear you will not tolerate this unprofessional attempt to get out of "servicing my child's needs" and if he is out of sorts he needs OT sensory diet to relax his nervous flushes!